Telegram X

0.21.8.1159 beta

Reworked text & emoji rendering, and how their bounds get calculated.

- Reworked text rendering. For default text size nothing should have changed visually. For others:
1. Proper bubble height calculation
2. Proper touch detection
3. Proper link press highlighting
4. More comfortable line spacing while using larger text size
5. Any system font should work properly inside message texts & media captions

- Reworked emoji rendering:
1. Emojis are now slightly bigger
2. Better positioning, especially in chats list and message input
3. While using larger text sizes, emojis will now position properly
4. Faster emoji rendering
5. Smoothier scrolling in the emoji keyboard
6. Added little spacing between twitter emojis

- Changed the way text & emoji bounds get calculated
- Text size now affects link previews as well
- Updated ExoPlayer to 2.10.0
- Optimized options menu animation

Bugfixes

- Fixed rare crash when switching between emoji sets
- Fixed rare crash while processing messages
- Fixed incorrect bubble sizes when changing text size in settings
- Fixed transparent line glitches between items when opening options menu (e.g. when tapping on a message)

In case something looks broken after updating to this version, send screenshot as a document with all other essential information in the caption. (it's expected that something could have broken on customizable Android builds)

FYI new text rendering affects only messages, shared media, inline results and few other places.

0.21.8.1160 beta

- Added assertion (useful crash) for lost promise issue.

Just updated Blob emoji set. As recommended, missing blobs are now used from this GitHub project: blobmoji.

To update, simply switch to Default emoji set, then back to Blob (Settings – Themes and Chats – Emoji Set).

Also added temporary hint for those who look for EmojiOne, which are now JoyPixels (which nobody recognizes yet).

These all changes do not require app update.

I guess the only thing I need now is blob version of channel logo. 🤔

0.21.7.1158 beta

- Option to change Emoji Set
- Fixed crash when trying to view broken GIF
- Removed untranslatable string from translation utilities
- Updated ffmpeg to 4.1.3
- Option to clear installed Emoji Sets
- Reincarnation of Blob 🤔

0.21.7.1157 RC

Updated library for calls, bugfixes.

- Updated libtgvoip to 2.5: Improved calls voice quality, fixed crashes and freezes during call
- Updated libopus to 1.3.1 used by libtgvoip
- Fixed: broken music & voice playback (starting 0.21.7.1155 version).

+ internal work on some fun feature, which will appear in one of the next updates.

0.21.7.1156 RC

- Fixed: messages may not get read unless chat is scrolled
- System Font: sans-serif font familiy installed on the device will now always be picked

Updated TDLib

- Fixed crashes
- Added more crashes

0.21.7.1155 RC

- Fixed crash when inline results have contact without avatar
- Fixed edge case that could lead dismissed notification from private chats to re-appear after application restart
- Fixed crash while audio playback error occurs
- Fixed rare crash while updating polls state
- Fixed rare crash while releasing resources related to replies
- Fixed potential issue that could prevent some notifications from showing after using "Erase all data"
- Internal debugging for catching frozen accounts issue

I see relatively popular crash report (compared to total amount of crashes & other reports) when trying to play music files on some devices, but was unable to find any detailed report in the testing group.

Just in case you are one of those 13 affected users, please submit report to the testing group with a screen recording how this crash happens.

0.21.7.1153 RC

- Improved application launch speed while using system fonts
- Fixed few more rare reported crashes

0.21.7.1154 RC

- More suitable font family for titles in Instant View while using system fonts

Updated TDLib

- Changed a way Instant View work internally. Please check if everything seems OK with Instant View (previously cached IVs displayed properly, newly received IVs displayed well too).
- Changes in initialization
- Added more debug information for discovered crashes

0.21.7.1154 is now available for all users.

0.21.7.1152 RC

- Option to use system fonts instead of built-in ones

Bugfixes

- Crash when trying to save "Notification Style" setting without changing it while the value is empty (blocked)
- Crash when in-app font files are unavailabe for some reason (e.g. user with root access deleted them)
- Crash when opening sessions list
- Crash when sending change log in race condition
- Crash when updating Passcode state in race condition

0.21.7.1151 is now published for all users.

For those who are new to this channel:

1. RC: Release Candidate. Means this version is ready to be uploaded as stable;
2. beta: This version isn't ready to go to stable because of unfinished work on some features / critical changes that could have broke something;
3. Both RC and beta versions are published on beta track, so you need to be subcribed to beta updates in order to receive them;
4. I publish change logs about the same time I upload the version to Google Play, but it can take from several minutes to couple hours to arrive;
5. For change log translations look out for local Telegram-related channels, there's no hidden team behind this channel.

You may already guess why, but for now, only 50% of users will see this update. Other 50% will not.

Subscribe to beta to get it now.

Telegram X was updated to version 0.21.7.1154

Brief overview of what's new:
https://telegra.ph/Telegram-X-04-25

0.21.7.1147 RC

- Added new Storage Usage fields: Settings and Themes, Localizations, Drawings and Junk Files.
- Slightly improved look of Data and Storage, Storage Usage and Network Usage screens
- Option to show all chats on Storage Usage screen, when there are too many of them
- Hint when using Erase All Data that it does not affect other accounts.

You may receive change log one more time after updating to this version, that's OK.

0.21.7.1148 RC

- Improved logging for debugging rare stuck "Checking for new messages" issue.

0.21.7.1149 RC

- Just increased version number for internal purposes

0.21.7.1150 RC

- Updated TDLib: Fixed incorrect voter count in polls

0.21.7.1151 RC

- Improved Firebase automatic tests

0.21.7.1145 RC

Yet still RC, but should ready to be promoted to stable anytime. I'll make a separate post, if it will be promoted to stable.

- Log files in Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage
- Hint when trying to clear Local Database
- App change log is now sent only to active account after you get connected to Telegram
- Improved animations in the app menu when current user data has been changed (photo, name, phone)

- Fixed crash when trying to open some IV2.0 links, which are not supported
- Fixed missing avatar in app menu after signing in
- Fixed incorrectly shown notification text when someone joins public supergroup ("Returned to the group")
- Fixed lock button is displayed as unlocked when instant auto-lock enabled
- Fixed incorrect connection state detection while initializing the app
- Fixed empty string while deleting both non-revokable & revokable messages

There'll probably be one last Storage Usage screen improvement that will help saving even more disk space. But probably not. No other changes are planned.

0.21.7.1144 RC

- When you terminate Telegram X session from another device, all downloaded media will be erased as well. When Google Play Services are installed, Telegram X and TDLib will do its best to remove all data without need in opening the app once the device goes online.

This might be helpful in case your device is lost or stolen. You never know when this might happen, so be sure to keep Telegram X up-to-date.

Note this does not yet apply to media files which have been copied through "Save to Gallery/Downloads/Music" button;

- Improved push subscription. All beta users will be resubscribed to notifications after updating to this version as well.
- Fixed several log-in/log-out bugs
- Fixed polls can't be forwarded without re-entering the chat
- Updated TDLib: minor bugfixes

Next one will be stable, as I finish working on a change log (+ couple minor things).

FYI about Erase All Data.

When you use "erase all data", alongside secret chats and downloaded media, only few settings are lost (complete list below). It affects only the account you are using it from. No data is erased on other accounts.

Always use this feature instead of logging out / signing in back. Logging out/logging in back now has no benefits at all, never do it.

Here's the list of what's deleted and can't be recovered:

- All secret chats
- Mentions/pinned message notification settings are reset to default
- Info about used hashtags
- Info about used inline bots
- Active live locations
- Bot keyboards in many groups
- Information about imported contacts (they'll be re-imported again, not a big deal)
- All incomplete active requests (e.g. unsent & failed outgoing messages)
- All shown notifications (they hide automatically once you perform this action)

If none above is essential for you, feel free to use this feature periodically.

0.21.7.1134 RC

Erase local data without logging out. Bugfixes.

- Added Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage > Erase All Data. This allows doing full data reset (including "Local Database") without logging out. To track "Optimize Database" feature status, use this.
- Improved bulk notifications
- Improved application open speed on Android N+
- Fixed opening files & sharing them externally when using many accounts ("Application to open this file not found")
- Fixed crash while fetching proxies from the corrupted database
- Fixed crash when current user data is unavailable
- Fixed several crashes previously hidden by internal data cache bug
- Fixed channels being categorised as groups
- Fixed background battery drain bug when app enters certain state

0.21.7.1135 RC

- When killing tgx session from the other device, downloaded media will be erased.

0.21.7.1139 RC

- unreleased feature support
- when erasing data, notifications will be hidden and assocciated data with them will be erased as well
- more crash fixes

Updated TDLib

- Media won't be erased when deleting message in Saved Messages & still yet having access to the original message
- Supported SESSION_REVOKE push
- Internal improvements

0.21.7.1142 RC

- internal bugfixes

0.21.7.1130 RC

- Reply from the notification waits for the message to get fully delivered
- Fixed: missing profile avatar in drawer after signing in / clearing profile photos (visible only after restarting the app)
- Fixed: crash while resuming the app
- Fixed: TDLib being killed during sign out process
- Fixed: internal data cache bug that caused many potential crashes & bugs
- Fixed: ANR while performing some background work

Updated TDLib

- Bugfixes
- Added Testing Utilities > TDLib Database Statistics for debugging purposes

0.21.7.1131 RC

- When logging out, all downloaded media will be erased.

0.21.7.1132 RC

- Fixed crash during log-out

0.21.7.1128 RC

Exact log-in & access time in the sessions list. Removed warning when system data sync disabled. Warning when Google Play Services unavailable. Bugfixes and little improvements.

- Improved sessions info: logged in date + exact usage time + copy button
- When Google Play Services available, app will no longer ask to turn on data sync
- Warning when Google Play Services are unavailable (not installed, outdated, disabled, etc)
- SGS10: Improved network status & chat preview
- Separate task in recent list for in-app browser
- Improved forwards displaying in Saved Messages from hidden accounts
- Thin font for hidden accounts in forwarded messages
- Original message date in Saved Messages
- Fixed: crash when clicking IV2.0 links with "Open in Instant View" set to "All links"

Updated TDLib

- Fixed: media gets reloaded after editing caption
- Fixed: pinned message notification does not disappear after the restart
- Refactored forward infos
- Updated notifications push contents scheme

0.21.7.1124 RC

Better processing of audio files shared from other apps. Bugfixes.

Updated TDLib

- Fixed: Pinned message notification does not disappear after reading it

App Changes

- Improved sharing audio files from other apps
- Fixed: "Unsupported media type" when sharing files from other apps with some names
- Removed "GIF" prefix from the notification, when there's caption

0.21.7.1123 RC

2FA email verification by code. Notification improvements. Bugfixes.

- Option to revoke messages, when selected both non-revocable and revocable messages at the same time
- Revoke messages disabled by default, when all of selected messages are incoming
- 2FA email verification by code
- Improved notifications displaying: notification internal content update will no longer trigger notification rebuild. (this resulted in many device-specific issues, e.g. on Samsung devices notification pop-up disappeared too fast, notification displayed twice on Edge Screen, etc)
- Improved some error messages

Fixed Issues

- 400 error when sharing videos/GIFs from other apps to TGX
- 2FA: UI does not update after entering email verification code
- 2FA: No toast when pressing "Resend code"
- When opening chat, sometimes messages that are invisible on screen get read
- When reading messages in a chat where there are a lot of them, too many messages may get read
- Log out, log in again with different account, data from the old account is shown in the app drawer.
- Some other issues on 2FA setup

Updated TDLib

- Option to delete call messages on both sides
- Silent broadcast notifications now will always be silent
- Fixed crashes
- Improved logging